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Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 04, 2013
We've seen how unmanned aerial vehicles can be used for surveying. But how about being used to construct a full-fledged ...
Construction crew uncovers fossils of four new whale...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 22, 2013
Teeth from one of the baleen whale fossils. Credit: Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center Construction crews on both coasts of ...
Study swings cargo containers to build stronger...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Feb 11, 2013
Ruin of houses after hit by the tsunami in Aceh Indonesia. During a tsunami, water isn't the only problem structures ...
Do you have the leadership gene?
Posted by Amy Materson on Jan 30, 2013
If you’ve struggled with managing your company or crew, you may have tried to improve your skill set, either through ...
Longer-lasting metals, building materials on the way?
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Dec 10, 2012
One of the properties of metal that makes it such an attractive building material turns out to also be a ...
Discovery could lower cost of making biofuel
Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Dec 06, 2012
Plant cell as seen under a microscope Scientists at the United States Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) ...
Century-old fermentation process may produce...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Nov 13, 2012
University of California, Berkeley scientists have discovered a way to produce renewable diesel fuel by using a fermentation process once ...
Researchers to shake 1920s building to study its...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Oct 26, 2012
Photo credit: Babak Moaveni, and Science Daily This two-story building in El Centro, California built in the 1920s has withstood ...
Thunderbolts and lightning very, very … concrete...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Oct 12, 2012
Citing “no effective recycling method for concrete rubble,” concrete technology group researchers in Holzkirchen, Germany with the Fraunhofer Institute for ...
Hamlin Jennings will lead new Concrete Sustainability...
Posted by Equipment World Staff on May 06, 2010
Hamlin Jennings, who is known among academic and industry researchers for his influential work on the fundamental chemistry of cement, ...





